Anbang Insurance Group and HNA Group are two major players that are reportedly looking at selling assets in order to raise capital to pay off debts.

Agency lenders are making more permanent loans than ever on apartment properties.

As yields get lower and lower, traditional buyers of core assets are more and more looking elsewhere.

Occupancies are unlikely to rise much higher than their current high level. And property prices are already so high they are unlikely to increase much more relative to incomes.